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BIRTH OF NAZISM Until the German people understand that one can conduct politics only when one has the support of powerand again power Only so is reconstruction possible It is not an economic question which faces the German people it is a political questionhow shall the nations determination be recovered Bullock 1962 Adolf Hitler posed this question to the German people in 1923 The face of post World War I Germany was truly battered in all senses of the word Germany had lost the war politically which essentially meant emotionally The country had no sense of leadership and was suffering from many economic hardships With the loss of the war came the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles Within the treaty many demands of Germany were made which nearly raped her of her economic capacities Industries had suffered causing great unemployment With this unemployment came inflation as well The hardships posed upon the country not only harmed her economically but socially too The state of the people was equally harsh Stripped of any sign of nationalism that may have once reigned within them there was very little to have pride in They were the joke of Europe not to mention the brutal force which had caused the hardships within her neighbors as well Leadership was also lacking at this time The control of state that had once governed in Germany was strongly ousted away Germany knew nothing but monarchical rule but this had been replaced with the democratic attempt of the Weimar Republic This was the state of 1933 Germany one that not endured since the Thirty Years War Everything familiar to Germany had been replaced by the Treaty of Versailles This state was the breeding ground of Nazism or National Socialism At a time of severe depression the ideas and promises of the National Socialists looked very promising Many Germans lacked faith in the existing government and began to turn to political

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